re-evaluating older films....
Discussion
I'be been watching a few old, classic (and not so classic!) films and it struck me that all these films I enjoyed as a younger person are more than quite crap in some cases and in most cases insanely slooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Recently I watched (mainly courtesy of Film4):
Commando - crap. I knew it was crap back in the day but it was still enjoyable, I watched it yesterday and, some of the 'iconic' scenes apart, realised that it's actually total, unmitigated s
te! The climax of the film where he wipes out half an army was poor 35 years ago - time has not been kind!!!!
The Enforcer/The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/For a Few Dollars more - slow, with poor acting (kinda expected in the spaghetti westerns) and continuity.
Big Trouble in Little China - still fun but slow and the SFX... shockingly bad even for the period
The thing is though that I'm worried that I'll watch some other former favourite films and be disappointed (Terminator and T2 I'm looking at you here!). I appreciate that SFX have moved on but the pacing back then is actually quite laughable by today's standards (in truth I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing!) the music and background noise effects mixes have also changed out of recognition.
Any thoughts?
Recently I watched (mainly courtesy of Film4):
Commando - crap. I knew it was crap back in the day but it was still enjoyable, I watched it yesterday and, some of the 'iconic' scenes apart, realised that it's actually total, unmitigated s
te! The climax of the film where he wipes out half an army was poor 35 years ago - time has not been kind!!!!The Enforcer/The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/For a Few Dollars more - slow, with poor acting (kinda expected in the spaghetti westerns) and continuity.
Big Trouble in Little China - still fun but slow and the SFX... shockingly bad even for the period
The thing is though that I'm worried that I'll watch some other former favourite films and be disappointed (Terminator and T2 I'm looking at you here!). I appreciate that SFX have moved on but the pacing back then is actually quite laughable by today's standards (in truth I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing!) the music and background noise effects mixes have also changed out of recognition.
Any thoughts?
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